Railway-tie.



W. H. WADSWORTH.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLXCATION HLED MAY 15, 19H.

l,%9,3%59 Patented June 11, 1918.

. Way-Ties, of which RATELVVAY-TIR Speeifieetion of Letters Patent.

A time 131 rlpplicetien filed May 15, 191?. Serial em.

'0 all whom may conserve:

Be it known that I, WiLmAM HENRY l VAoswoRrE, a, citizen of the Unitecl States, residing at Chickashe, in the county of Grady and State of Gklehoma, have inventecl certain useful Improvements in Rail the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompenyin drawing.

The invention relates to railway ties, and more particularly to the class of concrete ties and braces for railway rails.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a tie and brece wherein the brace is connected with the fasteners for holding the roll in place upon the tie While the tiecarries o block of fibrous material having the requisite resiliency so as to Withsteml vibratioiis and to relieve the vibrations and jars resultant in the use of the rail.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tie of this character wherein the bearing block for the rail is anchored with in the body of the tie and constitutes ecushion for said rail the fasteners for the rail being engaged in the bearing in :1 novel manner so that the rail can be secured on the hearing or removed therefrom should the occasion require.

A further object of the invention is the provision of e tie or this character which is simplein construction, thoroughly reliable end efiicient in its purpose, strong, dureble and inexpensive in .inesofecture.

Other objects will. be inert obvious and in port hereinafter set "fortl l V The invention accordingly consists in the features or construction, combinetioh of elements and arrangement of parts which "will be exemplified. in the construction ll%l'6lJ1- after described, and the scope of the applies-- time. of which will be indicated in the eppenclecl claim,

In the drawing:

Figure l is a fragmentary top glen view of a track, showing the rails applied to the ties constructed in accordance with. the invention;

Fig. 2 is en elevation partly in section, showmg the connecting rel between the ties.

Similar reference characters indicete corresponding parts throughout the several views of the Referring; to the i designates V the 1' i 'I soil ol' the meg it 'cushioiiirw block emheelrleil in,

being u nclersi'zoool of course, that one of these ties is employed for each rail also; is made from cementitious meteriol having; the required Width, thickness tnl'i. Embedded in body A. is ecushioning block; 5 preferably made from ivootl 937' though the some be made from only other material having the desired cushioning efiect, the block being of substantially clove tell shape in cross section is counter sunk within the body A so that the of said block protrudes e sligshove the plane of the top face of A. of the tie, and upon this hloclr r e the base or? the rail 8, Whici is of the cemetery well koown conetroctiori Passed through the block thereof, are heotlecl loolt iiiemlie veertic are located opposite sides of the c the mil 6, one the 8 of which e with the bottom. face-oi? the hloclr engaged on these bolt clamps 9 which overlap of l 6 and are held in. such position throes the medium of note 16* threerledi on the olt members '2 and working the top of the clamps 9 so that in this manner ts rail 6 is securely fastened upon the hloclr $31,. which absorbs shocks iers im l the rail e by the rolling troi Arranged between the r s o4 em]. comiected with the cbolt members '3' at the inner sitle off r is e rorl ll, one. this real is helcl in piece the nuts 16 engaged on the irmermost momhers so the ties .Lil. cerrlaterally when the mile 6 ere sol: hesvy is, course mclerstoodl tifwt 5 is em ecltleal witoiii the hos? prior to the hardening thereclio. the ing of the cementitioos iiieteriel from the some is roerle, If desired, t can he treotecl with preserving llbucltllcfi to evoicl the decaying ti creel or r ole terioretioh elueto climatic chongesq From the fore oirag elescriptioo. token Connection with tie accompanying sires the construction and use of '11 scribed reilroacl tie will be reeclily ape and, therefore, o more exteriolerl explene has been omitteri, l

Heving thus chieoriheel my invention, ll claim: I e railway tie, a cementitioee bell oratteooete when the hotly is behng molded and. having and adopted to engage a, rail, puts threecletl its upper surface disposed ehove the plane on the upper pro ecting ends of the bolt of the upper surface of the body to form members and acting egemst the rail clamp e bearing for :1 mil, vertieel bolt members and a tie rod. disposed about the innermost 1L5 engaged through the block, heecls on the bolt bolt member for preventing lateral spreadmem ers bearing a einst the bottom of the ing. of said body and being retained in posiblock and enohore in the body when the tion by the not on the innermost bolt membody is being molded. to prevent accidental her.

displacement of the block, the upper ends of In testimony whereof I aflix my signature to the bolt members pt'ojeotin above the block,

rail clamps mounted. on the bolt members WILLMM HENRY WADSWORTH. 

